Author: Robert Phillips
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607175
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Praised for her lyricism and mastery of meter and rhyme, Marya Zaturenska's poetry lit up American literature in the 1900s. But with the giddy 1920s, Zaturenska's traditional lyric grace and penchant for artifice rendered her passé. By her mid-thirties, Zaturenska had succumbed to emotional and physical illness. At the same time her work blossomed and critics acclaimed her for elevating lyric conventions to new plateaus. In 1937, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her magical collection, Cold Morning Sky. She was only thirty-six years old at the time. Critics pointed out that Zaturenska had assimilated lyric conventions and made them original and new. "What is so fine about these poems is that the control implicit in them does not lead to sterility or to false emotion," wrote the New York Times Book Review. "She is a mystic, but how neatly she refines the word." This new edition consists of over one hundred poems and twenty translations drawn from eight previous books. Early poetry from her teenage years reveals Zaturenska's budding talent, and an introduction by fellow poet and close friend Robert Phillips places this gifted writer firmly in both the historic and lyric tradition.
New Selected Poems of Marya Zaturenska
Author: Robert Phillips
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607175
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Praised for her lyricism and mastery of meter and rhyme, Marya Zaturenska's poetry lit up American literature in the 1900s. But with the giddy 1920s, Zaturenska's traditional lyric grace and penchant for artifice rendered her passé. By her mid-thirties, Zaturenska had succumbed to emotional and physical illness. At the same time her work blossomed and critics acclaimed her for elevating lyric conventions to new plateaus. In 1937, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her magical collection, Cold Morning Sky. She was only thirty-six years old at the time. Critics pointed out that Zaturenska had assimilated lyric conventions and made them original and new. "What is so fine about these poems is that the control implicit in them does not lead to sterility or to false emotion," wrote the New York Times Book Review. "She is a mystic, but how neatly she refines the word." This new edition consists of over one hundred poems and twenty translations drawn from eight previous books. Early poetry from her teenage years reveals Zaturenska's budding talent, and an introduction by fellow poet and close friend Robert Phillips places this gifted writer firmly in both the historic and lyric tradition.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607175
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Praised for her lyricism and mastery of meter and rhyme, Marya Zaturenska's poetry lit up American literature in the 1900s. But with the giddy 1920s, Zaturenska's traditional lyric grace and penchant for artifice rendered her passé. By her mid-thirties, Zaturenska had succumbed to emotional and physical illness. At the same time her work blossomed and critics acclaimed her for elevating lyric conventions to new plateaus. In 1937, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her magical collection, Cold Morning Sky. She was only thirty-six years old at the time. Critics pointed out that Zaturenska had assimilated lyric conventions and made them original and new. "What is so fine about these poems is that the control implicit in them does not lead to sterility or to false emotion," wrote the New York Times Book Review. "She is a mystic, but how neatly she refines the word." This new edition consists of over one hundred poems and twenty translations drawn from eight previous books. Early poetry from her teenage years reveals Zaturenska's budding talent, and an introduction by fellow poet and close friend Robert Phillips places this gifted writer firmly in both the historic and lyric tradition.
The Diaries of Marya Zaturenska, 1938-1944
Author: Mary Beth Hinton
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607144
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
At age thirty-six, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here for the first time, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Born in Kiev, Russia, Marya Zaturenska moved to New York City at the age of eight. To help support her family, she dropped out of public high school and held various jobs in a factory, a publishing house, and bookstore. By taking night courses she managed to complete high school. Meanwhile, she wrote poetry, some of which appeared in national magazines. In time, Zaturenska would publish eight books of poetry and a biography of Christina Rossetti for which she won critical acclaim. With her husband, Horace Gregory, she wrote A History of American Poetry, 1900-1940—and counted among her literary contemporaries Willa Cather, Theodore Raethke, May Sarton, Muriel Rukeyser, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Padraic and Mary Colum, and Malcolm Cowley. Significantly, these papers reveal a woman whose life brimmed with creativity, love of family, and good humor in the face of despair. Her keen poet's eye offers biting commentary on New York's literary scene. Furthermore, she not only chronicles the onset of World War II but also observes how the war reshaped American literary tastes and attitudes.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607144
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
At age thirty-six, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here for the first time, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Born in Kiev, Russia, Marya Zaturenska moved to New York City at the age of eight. To help support her family, she dropped out of public high school and held various jobs in a factory, a publishing house, and bookstore. By taking night courses she managed to complete high school. Meanwhile, she wrote poetry, some of which appeared in national magazines. In time, Zaturenska would publish eight books of poetry and a biography of Christina Rossetti for which she won critical acclaim. With her husband, Horace Gregory, she wrote A History of American Poetry, 1900-1940—and counted among her literary contemporaries Willa Cather, Theodore Raethke, May Sarton, Muriel Rukeyser, Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Padraic and Mary Colum, and Malcolm Cowley. Significantly, these papers reveal a woman whose life brimmed with creativity, love of family, and good humor in the face of despair. Her keen poet's eye offers biting commentary on New York's literary scene. Furthermore, she not only chronicles the onset of World War II but also observes how the war reshaped American literary tastes and attitudes.
Anything That Burns You
Author: Terese Svoboda
Publisher: IPG
ISBN: 193618298X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The first full-length biography of Lola Ridge, a trailblazer for women, poetry, and human rights far ahead of her time This rich and detailed account of the life and world of Lola Ridge, poet, artist, editor, and activist for the cause of women's rights, workers' rights, racial equality and social reform. From her childhood as a newly arrived Irish immigrant in the grim mining towns of New Zealand to her years as a budding poet and artist in Sydney, Australia, to her migration to America and the cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. At one time considered one of the most popular poets of her day, she later fell out of critical favor due to her realistic and impassioned verse that looked head on at the major social woes of society. Moreover, her work and appearances alongside the likes of Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, Will Durant, and other socialists and radicals put her in the line of fire not only of the police and government, but also the literary pundits who criticized her activism as being excessive and melodramatic. This lively portrait gives a veritable who's who of all the key players in the arts, literature, and radical politics of the time, in which Lola Ridge stood front and center.
Publisher: IPG
ISBN: 193618298X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The first full-length biography of Lola Ridge, a trailblazer for women, poetry, and human rights far ahead of her time This rich and detailed account of the life and world of Lola Ridge, poet, artist, editor, and activist for the cause of women's rights, workers' rights, racial equality and social reform. From her childhood as a newly arrived Irish immigrant in the grim mining towns of New Zealand to her years as a budding poet and artist in Sydney, Australia, to her migration to America and the cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. At one time considered one of the most popular poets of her day, she later fell out of critical favor due to her realistic and impassioned verse that looked head on at the major social woes of society. Moreover, her work and appearances alongside the likes of Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, Will Durant, and other socialists and radicals put her in the line of fire not only of the police and government, but also the literary pundits who criticized her activism as being excessive and melodramatic. This lively portrait gives a veritable who's who of all the key players in the arts, literature, and radical politics of the time, in which Lola Ridge stood front and center.
Spinach Days
Author: Robert Phillips
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801864513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Phillips reveals himself to be a master of closure, and he writes as one who delights in the liveliness of language and wordplay.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801864513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Phillips reveals himself to be a master of closure, and he writes as one who delights in the liveliness of language and wordplay.
The Madness of Art
Author: Robert Phillips
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607830
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Robert Phillips's conversational yet penetrating approach yields self-assessments that read like new essays by the writers themselves. Conducted over the course of twenty years, many of these pieces were first published in the Paris Review. Taken from a passage Henry James, the title speaks to the" madness" that drives our greatest works of creativity. Phillips's interviews bring out this "madness" in its most important sense: the writers are seers and visionaries, whose works inspire us beyond the limits of reason. The conversations recorded in The Madness of Art attain that same level of inspiration and power. Phillips questions his interviewees about their work methods, daily lives, influences, sources of inspiration, relationship to other literary figures, response to critics, choice of genre, audience, and reasons for writing.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607830
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Robert Phillips's conversational yet penetrating approach yields self-assessments that read like new essays by the writers themselves. Conducted over the course of twenty years, many of these pieces were first published in the Paris Review. Taken from a passage Henry James, the title speaks to the" madness" that drives our greatest works of creativity. Phillips's interviews bring out this "madness" in its most important sense: the writers are seers and visionaries, whose works inspire us beyond the limits of reason. The conversations recorded in The Madness of Art attain that same level of inspiration and power. Phillips questions his interviewees about their work methods, daily lives, influences, sources of inspiration, relationship to other literary figures, response to critics, choice of genre, audience, and reasons for writing.
Advocates and Activists, 1919-1941
Author: David Garrett Izzo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains concise biographies of important men and women who lived between 1919 and 1941. Each entry contains bibliographical references and sources of additional information. -- From product description.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains concise biographies of important men and women who lived between 1919 and 1941. Each entry contains bibliographical references and sources of additional information. -- From product description.
The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge
Author: The New York Times
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312313678
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
From the "New York Times" comes a thorough, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to a broad range of essential subjects.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312313678
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
From the "New York Times" comes a thorough, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to a broad range of essential subjects.
Cold Morning Sky
Author: Marya Zaturenska
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A lyrical collection of a poet highly praised for her work.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A lyrical collection of a poet highly praised for her work.
The Pulitzer Prize Century
Author: Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643908822
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This volume presents a synopsis of the 100-Years-History of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes by listening the winners and samples of their work in all award groups, like Reportage Journalism, Recherche Journalism, Opinion Journalism, Picture Journalism, Nonfictional Books, Belles Lettres, Performing Arts, and Honorary Awards. (Series: Pulitzer Prize Panorama, Vol. 14) [Subject: History, Journalism]
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643908822
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This volume presents a synopsis of the 100-Years-History of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes by listening the winners and samples of their work in all award groups, like Reportage Journalism, Recherche Journalism, Opinion Journalism, Picture Journalism, Nonfictional Books, Belles Lettres, Performing Arts, and Honorary Awards. (Series: Pulitzer Prize Panorama, Vol. 14) [Subject: History, Journalism]
Selected Poems of John Gould Fletcher
Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 0938626671
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A Pulitzer Prize winner best known as an imagist, John Gould Fletcher experimented with every facet of Modernist poetry and influenced poets in both England and the United States. this is the first collection to span his entire career, and brings again to the public eye work that has been unavailable for thirty-five years. Fletcher is responsible for introducing Ezra Pound to French symbolism, and Amy Lowell to “polyphonic prose,” and his connection with the Southern Fugitive Agrarian movement adds to his significance as the first modern Southern poet. The editors have chosen representative works for his many stages of development and discuss in the introduction Fletcher’s influence on the better-known modernists. Selected Poems of John Gould Fletcher is the first n a series of books by or about Fletcher to fill an important space in home and public libraries with American literature collections.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 0938626671
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A Pulitzer Prize winner best known as an imagist, John Gould Fletcher experimented with every facet of Modernist poetry and influenced poets in both England and the United States. this is the first collection to span his entire career, and brings again to the public eye work that has been unavailable for thirty-five years. Fletcher is responsible for introducing Ezra Pound to French symbolism, and Amy Lowell to “polyphonic prose,” and his connection with the Southern Fugitive Agrarian movement adds to his significance as the first modern Southern poet. The editors have chosen representative works for his many stages of development and discuss in the introduction Fletcher’s influence on the better-known modernists. Selected Poems of John Gould Fletcher is the first n a series of books by or about Fletcher to fill an important space in home and public libraries with American literature collections.